Tom Pullar-strecker

Businesses in both the services and manufacturing sectors of the economy were downbeat in May, and more gloomy than they had been in April, according to surveys released by BusinessNZ.

Labour says Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith appears to be failing to comply with the Public Records Act, after Goldsmith told MPs

ACC Minister Scott Simpson says he wants to get the state-owned insurer “back to basics” but the Government has shelved any changes to its scheme boundaries — code for what types of injury ACC covers.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says she is buoyed by the price of oil dipping below US$80 a barrel, given the impact fuel prices have on inflation, interest rates and business investment.

Comment Energy Minister Simeon Brown has reiterated the Government sees LNG imports as only a “medium term” way to plug a gap in the country's

Comment The failure of a $33 million IT project at Immigration NZ doesn't appear to bode well for the Government's hopes of leveraging

Comment The Government's decision not to invite ACC to targeted consultations on a controversial overhaul of health and safety law may have

ANALYSIS: National Party campaign manager Simeon Brown has described the Greens' tax policy as “wild”.

Comment National's finance spokesperson Nicola Willis has dismissed the suggestion that shifting the emphasis on retirement funding from NZ

Comment New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the party does not agree with a controversial Government bill that will overhaul health